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Yazoo (yaz′o̵̅o̅)

river flowing from NW Miss. southwest into the Mississippi River near Vicksburg: 188 mi (303 km)

Etymology: Fr Yasou, Yazou, etc.: name of an AmInd people of unknown affiliation

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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